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Many of us regularly consume unhealthy drinks such as sodas, sugary coffees, and energy drinks at work. One of the biggest problems with consuming these drinks is all of the added sugar. Natural sugar found in foods such as fruit can be part of a balanced diet, but artificial sugars like those found in many sodas don’t do anything beneficial for your health. Sometimes sugar is listed plainly on the ingredients list, but a lot of times large amounts of sugar can be hiding in ingredients such as cane syrup, glucose, lactose, sucrose, or high fructose corn syrup.